Boot 2 WinXP from 1 HD. How make "C:" shift between partitions?

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Boot_One_Of said:
Thank you!
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If you want to get a good answer to your question then
you need to take the time to fully describe what you have
and what you wish to achieve. The few words you
jotted down in the Subject line are a long way from adequate.
 
I have: 1 HD with two partitions. Each partition has WinXP Pro and I need
them identical, but -

When I boot from Part-1 I get
Local Disk 2 ( C: )
Local Disk 1 ( F: ) my root directory is F:\

When I boot from Part-2 I get
Local Disk 2 ( C: ) my root directory is C:\
Local Disk 1 ( F: )

I’d like to have C:\ as a my root directory in both cases.

P.S.
(Windows in Part-1 was reinstalled after crash. Letters D and E where
assigned to partitions on second HD)

Thank You
 
Much better. I suspect that when you write "my root
directory is F:\", you actually mean that your system
drive is F:. You most likely installed WinXP on drive
F:. The answer, unfortunately, is that when Windows
is installed on drive X: then it must always run off drive
X:. This is because the registry is full of references to
drive X:. If you changed the system drive letter to C:
(which is quite easy) then you would have a very
unhappy installation.
 
To change F to C will require reinstalling XP after making that partition
active.
After the reinstallation, change the active partition back to the original
active partition.
--
Ron Sommer

: Much better. I suspect that when you write "my root
: directory is F:\", you actually mean that your system
: drive is F:. You most likely installed WinXP on drive
: F:. The answer, unfortunately, is that when Windows
: is installed on drive X: then it must always run off drive
: X:. This is because the registry is full of references to
: drive X:. If you changed the system drive letter to C:
: (which is quite easy) then you would have a very
: unhappy installation.
:
: : > I have: 1 HD with two partitions. Each partition has WinXP Pro and I
need
: > them identical, but -
: >
: > When I boot from Part-1 I get
: > Local Disk 2 ( C: )
: > Local Disk 1 ( F: ) my root directory is F:\
: >
: > When I boot from Part-2 I get
: > Local Disk 2 ( C: ) my root directory is C:\
: > Local Disk 1 ( F: )
: >
: > I'd like to have C:\ as a my root directory in both cases.
: >
: > P.S.
: > (Windows in Part-1 was reinstalled after crash. Letters D and E where
: > assigned to partitions on second HD)
: >
: > Thank You
:
:
 
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